When Google was invented it revolutionised searching the Internet. Suddenly it was easy to find websites as Googles logic was radically different to anything before it. Ever since there has been a clear divide between searching the Internet and searching your private files. That is until until Microsoft made your personal & company OneDrive files …
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A dying device is as easy to spot as it is hard to fix, and it’s not always just that your computer is running slowly. Exactly like a car, finding and fixing the issue early is the key to preventing an expensive disaster. While the list of potential abnormalities are endless, these are the easiest …
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Making every password safe and secure is something we all overlook from time-to-time. We all know the hassle of memorising dozens of passwords for each individual website. It’s a lot. So, we occasionally take shortcuts. That “laissez-faire” attitude is one of the biggest ways cyber-criminals get access to our information. Amazingly, “password” and “123456” are …
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Ransomware has become an undeniable threat to business growth, profitability and security. It’s a ruthless type of malware that can prevent you from accessing your data until you pay the ransom which is usually demanded in a digital currency such as Bitcoin. It’s also notoriously difficult to remove ransomware from your equipment. Cyber criminals are …
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Microsoft Office has been helping us to work more productively for over 30 years now. Wow! During this time there have a number of products but today (13th October 2020) support ends for one of those products in particular: Office 2010. So if your business is still using Office 2010, what does this mean …
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3, 2, 1 Backup Best Practice Rule What is the best backup practice? Is your current backup procedure your friend or your foe and how does this relate to a random countdown?! If you are a child of the 80’s then the phrase “3, 2, 1” will conjure up images of a smiley faced bin. …
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Are you ready? “Working from home” three words that, prior to recent events, for many meant ‘flexible, relaxed’ and ‘possibly more productive’. Yet now they have a slightly different meaning. Working from home looks like ‘isolation’, ‘necessity’ and ‘do I have enough toilet roll’. There are some unexpected perks to working through a period of …
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Microsoft made a commitment to provide 10 years of product support for Windows 7 when it was released on October 22, 2009. When this 10-year period ends, Microsoft will discontinue Windows 7 support so that we can focus our investment on supporting newer technologies and great new experiences. The specific end of support day for Windows …
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“Once upon a time there was a local business who were professional, attentive and caring. But behind the scenes they were bursting at the seams with stacks of paper, overflowing filing cabinets and bookcases buckling under the weight of disheveled lever arch folders. They were outgrowing yet another office and were starting to feel the …
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It’s a common paradox we are often tasked with. Stop spam coming in but help me send spam (marketing email). That’s how we see it but it is rarely how businesses see it. So here’s the challenge, many businesses want to send their customers regular email updates. These emails may be about a new product, an event …
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